After Ubisoft tried its hand at a Star Wars game with 2024’s Outlaws, EA is back with another single-player game, this time from developer Bit Reactor and produced by Star Wars Jedi studio Respawn Entertainment. It’s called Star Wars: Zero Company, and if you’ve been wanting the franchise to deliver a turn-based tactics game, this might be it.
Unlike the recent Jedi games or Star Wars Squadrons, which were set during and after the Original Trilogy, Zero Company is set during the Clone Wars. Thanks to this weekend’s Star Wars Celebration panel featuring Bit Reactor, Respawn Entertainment, and Lucasfilm Games, we know even more details of what to expect. In fact, here’s a trailer.
Players will take on the role of Zero Company, a team put together during the Clone Wars to do covert missions. Said team includes a trusty mech [beep], a Jedi Knight [bwomm], an Umbaran sharpshooter [pew!], a Clone Trooper [dead meat], and a Mandalorian [Filoni]. Similar to the recent XCOM games from Firaxis—several among that team left to start Bit Reactor—you’ll control the squad members and use their various abilities in tactical, grid-based combat. The team’s exploits will take them across the galaxy.
Star Wars: Zero Company deploys [date/window] on PlayStation 5, PC, and Xbox Series X|S in 2026.
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